This week @ rabble.ca: Celebrating 13 years of independent media!
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Happy 13th birthday to us! Imagine: 13 years ago on the Internet, rabble was founded, to provide a counterbalance to the mainstream media and to tell the stories of Canadian social movements. Today, we need a progressive, independent media more than ever -- to gather together the voices, stories and analysis of Canadian social movements, and counter right-wing reframing of Canada. Can you donate $13 in honour of our birthday to keep rabble going? If a tiny fraction of our readers send us such a gift, it will be a great birthday indeed. Thank you for your part in rabble's history!
It was Equal Pay Day on April 16, a day to recognize the unfairness of women's wages and the need for equal pay. When pay... equity is a human right, is one day of recognition enough? In a special Hennessy's Index this week, Trish Hennessy lays out the facts of equal pay and calls for a strategic plan to close the gender pay gap.
Canadian University Press is in the midst of a debilitating financial crisis. What does this mean for Canada's student press? In a powerful account, CUP presidentErin Hudson explains why CUP needs to stay, in order to continue the tradition of community and support among Canada's student journalists.
This Earth Week, we're taking the 2014 Vegan Challenge! Get the scoop on how eating local, organic and vegan can be better for the planet as we share our experiences through the week. It's not too late to join in and take the challenge, which runs until Earth Day on April 21. Check out our Vegan Challenge blog and Facebook page for thoughts and inspiration!
If you enjoyed Jim Stanford's latest then you will love the latest issue from our friends at Canadian Dimension! Find out how to subscribe to their magazine here.
This week's top news
'Honor Diaries': Breaking silence on violence or reinforcing stereotypes?
The film 'Honor Diaries' purports to be the first film to break the silence on honour violence. However, is the film really just counterproductive in discussing violence against women?
By Alia Hogben, Azeezah Kanji, Khadijah Kanji, Naila Butt, Salha Jeizan, Shahina Siddiqui
Tackling Flaherty's legacy: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
The sudden death of Jim Flaherty has resulted in hundreds of warm tributes. While Flaherty's humanity should be praised, his neo-liberal policies did not benefit the majority of Canadians.
By Nick Fillmore
The benefits of Portland Hotel Society's programs at risk
Rich Coleman has once again sent gossip of possibilities rippling through the community about the PHS. The question now circulating is whether certain programs will continue in the long term.
By Leila Gold
The problem with homeless counts and M-455
Conservative MP Peter Goldring introduced motion M-455, which seeks to develop a nationally shared definition of homelessness and a common methodology. The only problem is homeless counts don't work.
By Leilani Farha, Michele Biss
A changing power dynamic: What did PowerShift Atlantic accomplish?
On March 30, 500 people left with a deeper understanding of climate justice, with a more rounded view of the issues we face within our own communities and with a toolbox bursting with new skills.
By Catherine MacNeil, Robin Tress
CBC: Life support or the killing floor?
When you've been working for the CBC for over 30 years, you've seen a lot of cuts. One producer shares her thoughts on what can be done to keep Canada's public broadcaster running and relevant.
By Talin Vartanian
This week's top blogs
Follow the Money, Part 4 -- Who owns the National Post?
If two foreign interests, with little background in news, own the Canadian newspaper National Post, then is it still Canadian? Hmm, seems like they found a loophole around that.
By Donald Gutstein
Local, organic or vegan: What's best for the environment?
Local food activist Ran Goel speaks to Steffanie Pinch about how eating local, organic and vegan can be better for the planet.
By Ran Goel
Train travel in Canada is running off the rails
As Via Rail faces financial and ridership targets, the cutbacks inevitably cause a drop in passenger miles. It's time to address the crisis facing national rail travel.
By Elizabeth May
Four reasons why veganism supports workers
Being vegan isn't a choice that values animals above humans. It’s actually about valuing food and where it comes from, rather than just believing it magically appears on our plates.
By H.G Watson
Temp agency workers insist on $14 minimum wage
An increase to $14 an hour would push minimum-wage workers to 10 per cent above the poverty line.
By John Bonnar
The attack on student union autonomy at the University of Windsor
What's behind the admin's decision to refuse to remit student union fees?
By Nora Loreto
This week's top columns
High-society senators wage Harper's war on democracy
It's striking that some of the leading figures pushing the Conservative government's anti-democratic agenda are unelected, Harper-appointed senators from prominent, wealthy families.
By Linda McQuaig
A number is never just a number: Equal Pay Day facts
Recognizing April 16, 2014 as Equal Pay Day is a step in the right direction. But what's still missing is a strategic plan to close the gender pay gap.
By Hennessy's Index
A set of sizzling films at 2014 Hot Docs
More than 190 documentaries from 43 countries will be featured in this year's Hot Docs Canadian international documentary festival. Here are arts columnist June Chua's picks for docs to watch.
By June Chua
Heartbleed: A heartbeat away from the death of security
A hapless programmer's little error has escalated to a cardiac arrest across the Web, has cost billions to fix and has potentially been used by a secretive and near-rogue government agency.
By Wayne MacPhail
Marois, Moses and the law of leadership
With the defeat of the Parti Québécois government led by Pauline Marois, leading the Quebec Exodus from Canada has just gotten harder.
By Duncan Cameron
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